This book was originally published in 1935. For some years past the scientific study of primitive peoples has experimented in a variety of directions for new methods of investigation. Criticism of the comparative method, of which Sir James Frazer is recognized as the foremost exponent all the world over, has been directed mainly against the fragmentary character of its evidence when torn from its context. In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator, she maintains, should be ...
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This book was originally published in 1935. For some years past the scientific study of primitive peoples has experimented in a variety of directions for new methods of investigation. Criticism of the comparative method, of which Sir James Frazer is recognized as the foremost exponent all the world over, has been directed mainly against the fragmentary character of its evidence when torn from its context. In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator, she maintains, should be the discovery in the diversity of cultures of the 'configuration' of each - that is the cultural drive in group and individual which determines the characteristic reaction to stimulus in any and every situation in life.
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Add this copy of Patterns of Culture to cart. $6.30, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Plc.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0710010702.
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Very Good. 8vo-over 7ū"-9ū" tall. US reprint in soft cover format, 8vo, 291pp, with a preface by Margaret Mead and a new forward by Mary Catherine Bateson; card covers; VG Copy.
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Fair. Ex-library. xii, [1], 290, [1] p. 22 cm. Tight copy with the usual ex-lib. markings, some underlining in pencil. edges have wear. A study of the civilizations of the Zuņi Indians, the natives of Dobu, and the Kwakiutl Indians. "References"; p. [279]-[286]
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